Weaving a wonderful web

Spidey’s back … again. Just five years after Sam Raimi’s frankly quite disappointing Spiderman 3, our favourite crime-busting web-slinger is back on the big screen.

Directed this time by the aptly named Marc Webb, it begs the questions whether this origins story reboot is even necessary?

Well, yes, it is. In fact, we think this could be the best Spidey film to grace the silver screen yet.

Bringing fresh faces (in particular Garfield, who is outstanding as Peter Parker) and 3-D bells and whistles to the adventures of a moody nerd-boy who gets bitten by a radioactive arachnid and morphs into a smart-talking, thug-busting superhero, Garfield and Webb make it feel convincingly fresh and exciting.

A little darker and more grounded in reality, this is a slick, entertaining and emotionally-involving film that breathes new life into this Marvel classic.

The Amazing Spiderman lives up to its name – we can’t give it a better endorsement than that!